Tag: Indigenous Peoples Day
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Metuchen plans to ‘do more’ to recognize borough’s namesake Lenni-Lenape Indian Chief Metuchen
METUCHEN – Borough officials acknowledge not enough is done to recognize the borough’s namesake Lenni-Lenape Indian Chief Metuchen. Plans to do more to recognize the Lenni-Lenape chief and Indigenous people are in the works. In October, the borough is planning to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a day that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and…
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Resident feels Italian Americans attacked by Princeton observing Indigenous Peoples Day rather than Columbus Day
Upset that the Princeton Council allegedly canceled Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day, which both fall on the second Monday in October, the council was chastised for those actions at its Sept. 30 meeting. Daniel Guerriero, who is an Italian American, lambasted the Princeton Council for the “bigotry, bias and prejudice” that it…
